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We’ll start with a quick Wikipedia overview of Bill Nye: So we have an mechanical engineer and failed comedian as the public mainstream pusher of Corporate manipulated Science, ‘The Science Guy’. The problem is Bill Nye is in many cases is not teaching his audience Science at all, he’s teaching them accepted mainstream rules and societal … The post Bill Bye | The Pseudo-Science, Propaganda, Orwellian, Big Pharma Whore Guy appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

Documentary synopsis: The Nature of the Cage is a cutting edge documentary like no other. It highlights the truth around debt, the Legal Fiction, Lawful and Legal, Debt Collectors, Bailiffs, and modern day Policing. The film gives a detailed overview as to how you can address these issues in your personal life, offering knowledge on … The post Full Documentary | Strawman – The Nature of the Cage appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

School is starting to come to an end, so it's time to start thinking about getting something for the fabulous teachers! These ideas are perfect for teacher appreciation or for the end of the school year. *Target Git Card* *Kindergarten Teacher Gift* *Letter to Teacher* *Emergency Diet Coke Sign* Candy Bar Wrappers Orange You the Best Reach for My Dreams TOE-tally Terrific DIY Planter String Art Teacher Book Quilt Crayon Monogram Personalized Pencil Pouch Glitter Crayon Art It's time for another Block Party hosted by Rae Gun Ramblings | Keeping It Simple Crafts | Pieces By Polly| ...more »

Just what happened to throw Micheal Mann into such a hysterical hissy-fit that he would “tweet” out such an idiotic and childish “tweet?” The New York Times hired Bret Stephens to write about the climate. This video highlights why Michael Mann has plenty to be upset about. Bret is articulate, well informed, calm, cool and collected, … Continue reading "Meet the Man that has Michael Mann Horrified"

Being a constitutionally-limited, smaller more effective government supporting, individual freedom loving, supply-side fiscal conservative, I’m not a big fan of promoting or encouraging government involvement. I can recite Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution in my sleep, and that in part is where all this climate change nonsense comes from. The Enumerated Powers of … Continue reading "Congress Should Investigate the Peer Review and Publication Process"

People seem to think industry-funded research belongs in the garbage. mllejules/Shutterstock.com A soda company sponsoring nutrition research. An oil conglomerate helping fund a climate-related research meeting. Does the public care who’s paying for science? In a word, yes. When industry funds science, credibility suffers. And this does not bode well for the types of public-private research partnerships that appear to be becoming more prevalent as government funding for research and development lags. The recurring topic of conflict of interest has made headlines in recent weeks. ...more »

*Daily Mail:* *Back with a bang! Top secret Air Force X-37B lands with a sonic boom after spending two YEARS in space... but they still won't say what it was doing up there!* * The reusable X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle returned after nearly two years in orbit * Its landing marked the conclusion of its fourth classified mission in space * Officials said the X-37B is the 'newest and most advanced' re-entry spacecraft An unmanned military space plane landed at Kennedy Space Center Sunday with a sonic boom. The reusable X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle's (OTV-4) return concluded an almost t...more »

..is fighting the war you ran away from last time, regardless of whether this one is worth fighting. A really annoying Times editorial, in a gravity-defying feat of bothsiderism, denounces both Donald J. Trump and Hillary Rodham Clinton for their failure to move beyond the divisions of the November election and into the healing our nation so desperately needs, as in Six months on, both Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton are still waging last year’s campaign, undermining their promises to help America heal. To be fair, The Times puts more blame on the Trumpster, "who after all has a nation...more »

Ross Douthat painted a potentially catastrophic picture of what could happen to the House Republicans-- a total wipeout isn't possible because of 135 districts with PVIs between R+10 (there are 16 of them) and R+32 (welcome to the Texas Panhandle) where Señor Trumpanzee won a whopping 79.9%. That's Mac Thornberry's district. But it's not the only one in rural Texas bogged down in the kind of backward mentality that produced results like that. There were 7 congressional districts in Texas that gave Trump over 70% of its votes. And there were 2 in Georgia with over 70% Trump voters....more »

*Reuters: **Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan confirmed killed* The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, was killed in an operation on April 27 conducted jointly by Afghan and U.S. Special Forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, U.S. and Afghan officials said on Sunday. Hasib, appointed last year after his predecessor Hafiz Saeed Khan died in a U.S. drone strike, is believed to have ordered a series of high profile attacks including one in March 8 on the main military hospital in Kabul, a statement said. Last month, a Pentagon spokesman said Hasib had probab...more »

Results are projected before Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party candidate for French 2017 presidential election, delivers a concession speech at the Chalet du Lac in the Bois de Vincennes in Paris after the second round of 2017 French presidential election, France, May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau *Politico:* *Emmanuel Macron wins French presidency by beating Le Pen* *Centrist pledges to bring country together after big runoff victory over far-right leader.* PARIS — Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on Sunday, winning more than 65 percent o...more »

Published on Apr 13, 2017 Dove soap commercial features new mothers with their babies, and includes a transgender woman who is the biological father of the baby, but identifies as the child’s mother. Media analyst Mark Dice has the story. end

The Last Time This Happened, China Devalued by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/ “It’s quiet, too quiet”, “the calm before the storm”, “the deep breath before the plunge” – you name the idiom, there is nowhere it applies more than US equity markets (lowest closing range in 65 years). Dow has done nothing for 8 days… the longest streak since […]

The Globalist Trade Agreement You Didn’t Hear About by James Corbett, http://theinternationalforecaster.com/ You remember the SPP, don’t you? The attempt to create a North American Union by harmonizing the border controls, environmental and business regulations and security forces of Canada, the US and Mexico? – Of course you do, because sites like The Corbett Report caught […]

“Holy Wars Will Soon Begin” by Nick Giambruno, Senior Editor, http://www.internationalman.com/ Turkey’s foreign minister didn’t mince words. He recently said that Europe’s politicians are “taking Europe toward an abyss.” He added, “Soon religious wars will break out in Europe. That’s the way it’s going.” – This was not an idle warning from a fringe politician. In fact, […]

US House Bill on Port Controls Amounts to ‘Declaration of War’ – Russian Senator by https://sputniknews.com/ A US House of Representatives bill establishing control over the Russian Far East ports envisions a show of force and thus amounts to a declaration of war, the chairman of the Russian upper house of parliament’s international committee told Sputnik. […]

Washington NeoCons Believe that the US Can Win a Nuclear War Against Russia and China with Minimum Damage by Paul Craig Roberts, http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/ Sauron Rules in Washington “The problem is that the world has listened to Americans for far too bloody long.” — Dr. Julian Osborne, from the 2000 film version of Nevil Shute’s 1957 book, […]

Where did the money come from for Central Banks to buy these assets? Mostly from thin air. Practically, all central banks in the world are privately owned Illuminist organizations. They are owned/controlled by the Satanic bloodlines. They create money out of thin air to buy up the world, financially destabilize nations, finance wars, terrorism … […]

Paper Gold Leverage Over 500/1 in Order to Protect Dollar and Trillions in Derivatives by http://www.thedailyeconomist.com/ For those who either invest, trade, or save in precious metals, the past month has not been kind to the value of their holdings. And in fact, sentiment against gold and silver ownership because of the volatile price swings has […]

Is Trump successful in stopping the western Illuminati’s agenda? He is at best only 10% successful IMO. He has stopped the support for global warming fraud, and stopped the TPP, NAFTA … ‘trade treaties’ which are really setups for fascist world government takeover. Apart from these, he has no effect on the Satanic WW3 agenda […]

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:30 A.M.) – On Sunday, Kirkuk Airbase was hit by a five-man team of Islamic State suicide bombers whom had infiltrated the area from the Hawija pocket by wearing Kurdish military camouflage. According to Russia Today, at least two Peshmerga soldiers were killed by the attack at the Kurdish-held K-1 airbase, south of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * My expierence at Atlantic Trident 17 comes to an end. In this final clip, Vodka 3—myself and pilot Tsar—come in to land at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, after flying as an aggressor during Atlantic Trident 17. After being unceremoniously shot down by a Royal Air Force Typhoon, we were ordered to return to base because of the need to maintain higher than normal fuel reserves in case we had to divert to another field. You can see some of the awful weather as the clip progresses. Once the aircraft lands and taxis back to the 71st Fighter Training ...more »

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Flying is hours of boredom, punctuated by moments of stark terror. In this clip, Vodka 3—myself and pilot Tsar—are headed back home to Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, after flying as an aggressor during Atlantic Trident 17. After being unceremoniously shot down by a Royal Air Force Typhoon, we were ordered to return to base because of the need to maintain higher than normal fuel reserves in case we had to divert to another field. Part of the problem was that other airfields in the area including NAS Oceana were also socked in with awful weather. Th...more »

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Europe* Closer and closer. Operational Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters belonging to the U.S. Air Force deployed to Europe for the first time in late April. According to the Air Force, eight of the stealthy single-engine strike fighters deployed to RAF Lakenheath in England as part of the deployment from the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The purpose of the deployment is not only to introduce European NATO allies to the new aircraft and its capabilities, but also to help deter Russia in the East. “The sovereignty of the s...more »

*CNBC:* *Macron is France's next president — here’s what happens next* * Emmanuel Macron has been elected president of France. * Far-right opponent Marine Le Pen failed to secure the keys to the Elysee Palace. * French parliamentary elections and the EU talks now take center stage. The centrist candidate secured approximately 65 percent of votes to far-right Le Pen's 35 percent, according to a Kantar Sofres poll, in what has been one of the most significant elections in France's recent history. Macron's win signals a victory for both pro-Europeans and pollsters, who correctly predi...more »

*New York Times:* *Highlights of the French Presidential Vote* ■ The independent centrist Emmanuel Macron defeated Marine Le Pen and will become the next president of France, according to preliminary results on Sunday, ending a bitter campaign to determine the country’s future participation in a united Europe. ■ With almost all of the ballots counted, Mr. Macron had about 65 percent of the vote and a decisive lead over Ms. Le Pen, who was at about 35 percent. ■ Nearly a quarter of eligible voters did not cast a ballot, according to the Interior Ministry, and turnout was lower t...more »

"It's called an inner voice for a reason. It's the gnawing feeling inside your stomach telling you yes or no. It's the one voice in your life that isn't tampered by other's biased opinions, scars, feelings or thoughts. Go with it, you know yourself better than anyone ever does." - Hope Alcocer

INDIANAPOLIS — A private college in Vice President Mike Pence’s home state of Indiana is facing backlash after offering a “Trumpism & U.S. Democracy” course that described the president in class materials as a purveyor of “sexism, white supremacy, xenophobia, nationalism, nativism and imperialism.” Now officials at Butler University in Indianapolis are doing damage control […]

NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Friday upheld the death sentences of four men who were convicted in the fatal gang-rape and torture of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in the Indian capital nearly five years ago. The court held that the nature of the crime, which triggered massive protests across […]

LINCOLN, Neb. — National officials have dismissed 25 members from the Delta Delta Delta sorority at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln following reports of underage drinking. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the national sorority office began an investigation in February after university officials raised concerns about a student taken to a hospital over an incident […]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A judge says the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill does not have to release the names of students and employees that its administrative procedures determined were responsible for sex offenses. Local media outlets report Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour issued a ruling Wednesday in a lawsuit filed […]

WASHINGTON — American University in Washington is providing campus police officers to protect the student body president and her family now that she’s getting harassed online after enduring racist taunts earlier this week. AU officials say a “White supremacist” wrote a post asking people to harass Taylor Dumpson. She’s the first Black woman to be […]

BOISE, Idaho — A Boise businesswoman says she meant no offense for the remarks she made during a University of Idaho commencement address that has since sparked criticism from attendees. Meg Carlson, president and CEO of Boise-based Prosperity Organic Foods, has come under scrutiny while talking about accepting a job nearly 30 years ago inside […]

*Handel was smart enough to prevent any photos with the toxic Trump but... this happened* In 2000 the Democratic grassroots was hot to get revenge on House Republicans for impeaching Bill Clinton. One obvious strategy was to target the 13 House Republicans from the Judiciary Committee who served as "managers" (prosecutors) during the process. But most of them were not really good targets. 7 were in prohibitively red districts, where Democrats couldn't plausibly expect to win: *•* Chris Cannon (UT)- R+26 *•* Bob Barr (GA)- R+23 *•* Steve Buyer (IN)- R+17 *•* Jim Sensenbrenner (WI)- ...more »

Golf writer: "How are you getting $100M for a golf course?" Eric Trump: "We get all the emoji unicode: 1f4b0we need from Russia." https://t.co/HBuypFlFbg pic.twitter.com/NOL6QmhHa0 — justin kanew (@justin_kanew) May 7, 2017 This is from a conversation that author James Dodson had with Donald Trump, and his son Eric, three years ago: *When the big day arrived, a dark, gray sky provided the first sign that all would not go as planned. Dodson was a little late arriving, and by the time he entered the Trump National Charlotte clubhouse, his host was already holding forth. * *"Trump was strutting up a...more »

*Kris Osborn* *Security, Europe* A previous Rand Wargame found that Russian forces could quickly overwhelm Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Drones, F-35s and US Special Operations Forces could make the difference. Could NATO drones, F-35s and US Special Operations Forces deter further Russian actions and potentially stop an invasion of the Baltics? That clearly seems to be part of the calculus motivating current SOF deployments and F-35 training operations in Eastern Europe, US officials said. A NATO statement said "the deployment is part of the European Reassurance Initiative, ...more »

*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Security, * Resurgent anti-Russia hysteria has broader, ominous implications for U.S. foreign policy and the health of political discourse in the United States. For a brief period in April, it appeared that the campaign that Democrats and neo-conservative Republicans were waging for a comprehensive investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election had peaked and was beginning to ebb. The Trump administration’s decision to launch missile strikes against a Syrian air base despite...more »

*Paul J. Saunders* *Security, * Secretary Tillerson’s recent address to State Department employees was honest and direct. It establishes the basis for a policy that can both protect and advance U.S. national interests as well as assert American values. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s May 3 address to State Department employees is perhaps the most important and comprehensive articulation of the Trump administration’s foreign policy approach since candidate Donald Trump’s April 2016 foreign policy address (to a group invited by *The National Interest*). For the first time, a se...more »

*Danny Sjursen* *Security, Americas* [image: A Tomahawk Land Attack Missile launches from the guided missile cruiser USS Cape St. George. Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy] The original 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force has been stretched beyond recognition. *“No war is just except one which is waged after demands for reparation have been made, or the war has been officially declared and proclaimed.”—Cicero* Sometimes I wonder how we got here. I joined the army at seventeen, in July 2001, back when peace was the norm, duty in Korea was exotic, and a quick jaunt to Kosovo w...more »

*Nicholas Lyall* *Security, Asia* [image: People’s Liberation Army Navy ships in Auckland. Flickr/Creative Commons/@ping.shakl] Xi Jinping has successfully avoided maritime overreach—but that might be about to change. The burgeoning friendship between President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin in recent times reflects the similarities in their personal leadership styles. Both regimes are defined by an emphasis on the individual leader, as opposed to institutions, thereby embodying the “ personalist” model in which leaders portray themselves as strong and unique figureheads...more »

*Javid Ahmad* *Security, Asia* [image: A Marine scans the horizon at the start of a nine-hour night patrol in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. DVIDSHUB/Public domain] To make gains in Afghanistan, Washington should consider testing an alternative approach with Islamabad: a policy of realpolitik. The recent detonation of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast to dislodge the Islamic State’s caves and tunnels in eastern Afghanistan did not change the reality of the lost opportunities, mistakes and wild pitches the United States has witnessed in the country since 2001, but it d...more »

*Dennis P. Halpin* *Security, Asia* [image: F-35A Lightning II aircraft receive fuel from a KC-10 Extender. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Madelyn Brown] The Taiwan arms sales issue will certainly throw cold water on Washington's new rapprochement with Beijing on North Korea. Everything came up roses during the summit meeting between President Trump and Chinese Leader Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago in early April. Previous condemnation of China as “a currency manipulator” and “job stealer” evaporated as the leaders of the world’s two largest economies agreed on a “100-day trade plan”...more »

*Daniel L. Davis* *Security, Americas* The United States cannot continue fighting conflicts on nearly every continent on a permanent basis. Former president Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower was the supreme commander of Allied forces during World War II and he intimately knew the brutal, devastating nature of all-out war. Ike was a believer in maintaining overpowering military strength—including a stated willingness to use nuclear weapons—but more importantly, he was a strong advocate for peace and diplomacy. Before it is too late, let us hope President Trump can learn from the policie...more »

*Tomasz K. Kowalik, Dominik P. Jankowski* *Security, Eurasia* [image: The final stage of the Zapad-2013 Russian-Belarusian strategic military exercises. Kremlin.ru] Russia has a long history of using military exercises as a platform for waging actual wars. It all started with a military exercise in 2008. “Today, Georgia; tomorrow, Ukraine; the day after, the Baltic States; and later perhaps time will come for my country, for Poland!” Those words were said at Tbilisi Square on August 5, 2008, by the late Polish president Lech Kaczyński in the presence of five European heads of sta...more »

[image: paris burning] The ghosts of the French war in Algeria continue to haunt and consequently shape French political and social culture. The post Is Paris burning? How France has been on fire since the 1950s appeared first on The Duran.

*“For What Binds Us”* “There are names for what binds us: strong forces, weak forces. Look around, you can see them: the skin that forms in a half-empty cup, nails rusting into the places they join, joints dovetailed on their own weight. The way things stay so solidly wherever they've been set down - and gravity, scientists say, is weak. And see how the flesh grows back across a wound, with a great vehemence, more strong than the simple, untested surface before. There's a name for it on horses, when it comes back darker and raised: proud flesh, as all flesh is proud of its wounds, wears...more »

*“Sleep Deprivation Increases Risks of Strokes, Heart Attacks”* by University of Warwick "Research from Warwick Medical School publishedin the European Heart Journal shows that prolonged sleep deprivation and disrupted sleep patterns can have long-term, serious health implications. Leading academics from the University have linked lack of sleep to strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular disorders which often result in early death. Professor Francesco Cappuccio from the University of Warwick Medical School, explained: "If you sleep less than six hours per night and have disturbed ...more »

Betty Boop had a brood of 10 babies she was caring for in an abandoned farmhouse, and the moment she leads rescuers to them is a moment you won’t soon forget. The Pinky Paws ResQ shared this video of the abandoned mother pooch, who was “dumped in the country for who knows how long,” according to the caption, and was traveling two miles every day to provide for her puppies. The rescue was being inundated with sightings of the stray near Fowler, California. “After a post for help trying to catch her in the city limits of Fowler on my [lunch] break, 50+ people started telling me of ...more »

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (0:30 A.M.) – ISIS fighters gunned down Syrian troops east of Palmyra on Sunday after infantry units failed to spot a camouflaged jihadist gun position, thereby unknowingly exposing themselves to a hail of bullets in what appeared to be a killing zone. Footage released by Amaq Agency shows several soldiers of the Syrian […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (0:00 A.M.) – On Sunday evening, the head of ISIS’ tribal forces in Afghanistan was killed, the Afghan government announced in a statement. Abdul Hasib was killed in an operation conducted by the Afghan Special Forces in Nangarhar province, bordering Pakistan. In a brief statement, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani himself announced the death […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:00 P.M.) – Due to new advances on Sunday, around 95% of Mosul city was brought under Iraqi Army control while ISIS insurgents remain bogged down in the northwestern sector, facing certain death. In the late afternoon, the Rapid Response Units and Iraqi Federal Police captured the Al-Harmat neighborhood in western Mosul in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:00 P.M.) – Earlier today, the Houthi-led Popular Committees captured and destroyed a number of Saudi armored vehicles amid heavy clashes on the western coast of Yemen. Al-Masdar News obtained a series of pictures showing joyful Yemeni tribal fighters at the site of an ambush near the port city of Mocha in Taiz […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

By Paul Homewood The final segment from Richard Lindzen’s thoughts on the state of climate science: MIT atmospheric science professor Richard Lindzen suggests that many claims regarding climate change are exaggerated and unnecessarily alarmist. Arctic sea ice: Satellites have been observing arctic (and Antarctic) sea ice since 1979. Every year there […]

The latest from the federal NDP's leadership campaign. - Several of the candidates have been doing plenty of touring over the past week. And while not all the stops have included media coverage, you'll find features about Charlie Angus from Timmins, Sudbury (X2), North Bay, and Red Deer, along with Weyburn This Week's report on Niki Ashton's visit and the Hill Times' interview with Guy Caron. - Meanwhile, Peter Julian has been very active in British Columbia's provincial campaign as it draws to a close. - Joan Bryden's report on fund-raising at the federal level features a look at...more »

AP In the second round of the French presidential election, extremism lost. It is less clear what won. Estimates after the polls closed on May 7 had Emmanuel Macron winning with 63.7 percent of the vote. National Front candidate Marine Le Pen took approximately 36.3 percent. That’s less than the 40 percent some polls gave her as recently as two weeks prior to the vote, but more than twice as much as the 17.8 percent her father, Jean Marie Le Pen, received in his 2002 face-off against former president Jacques Chirac. Turnout was lower than any presidential election since 1969, wi...more »

Dandelion Salad LikeManyThingThings on Mar 13, 2013 Salt of the Earth (1954) is an American drama film written by Michael Wilson, directed by Herbert J. Biberman, and produced by Paul Jarrico. All had been blacklisted by the Hollywood establishment due to their alleged involvement in communist politics. The film is one of the first pictures […]

Dandelion Salad Warning This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience. “Let your life be a counter- friction to stop the machine.” — Henry David Thoreau Let Your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine ClassWarFilms on Feb 13, 2012 A … Continue reading History of Capitalism in the United States: Exposing the Myth of America

Courtesy of The Independent: *Former Trump adviser Carter Page has declined to provide records of his communications with Russians to the Senate intelligence committee, saying that anything of note has already been recorded by former President Barack Obama’s administration. * *“I suspect the physical reaction of the Clinton/Obama regime perpetrators will be more along the lines of severe vomiting when all the facts are eventually exposed regarding the steps taken by the US Government to influence the 2016 election,” Mr Page wrote in response to an April letter he received from t...more »

"We need to take the kids off of the streets," she said, "and they need to be in a place where they congregate and have fun. She had walked for years raising money for the youth of Chinle. Her 80-mile trek between Chinle and Window Rock was a common sight in September during the Navajo Nation Fair. Children and their parents walked with her carrying buckets and signs asking for d onations to her cause, which was to build a youth complex in Chinle. Her goal at the time was to raise $25 million. In the end, she raised more than $100,000, which now sits unused in a bank account. T...more »

Recently I was getting to know two new congressional candidates running for seats held by Republicans in California. I asked one why he had donated so much money to John Kasich's presidential campaign in 2016. He told me he "used to be" a Republican. And now he wants to be in Congress... as a Democrat? "Ex"-Republicans that were elected last year-- Charlie Crist (FL) and Tom O'Halleran (AZ), for example-- vote overwhelmingly with the GOP against progressive legislation, as "ex"-Republicans almost always do. Both have joined the Blue Dogs *and* the New Dems, the core of the Republic...more »

This is a guest post from Matthew Hoffmann, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto Should I stay or should I go now? If I go, there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double (The Clash) The Trump administration is nearing a decision about whether to withdraw from […]

(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari Goldstein) *I*f you're especially sick of the Republican "leadership" in this country since early January, you won't get any help from those in the House, if the health care bill they passed last week is any indication. By now, you probably know at least the abstracts of what it had contained, even though none of the text was released online or anywhere else in advance of the vote and the Congressional Budget Office never reviewed it so they could do an impact report or what it would cost (Roy Blunt, a Republican, said they'd wai...more »

*"Shame On The Rich"* by Elizabeth Norton “For fans of the British upstairs-downstairs TV series “Downton Abbey,” skullduggery may seem evenly distributed among the social ranks. But in real life, it's the upper classes that are more likely to behave dishonorably, according to new research. Observers of human nature have long puzzled over the possibility of an ethical class divide. On the one hand, people with fewer resources and dimmer prospects might be expected to do whatever's necessary to get ahead. On the other, wealthy types may be more focused on themselves, because money, ...more »

“A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can't afford to admit - no matter how often he's reminded of it - that every day of his life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley. Very few toads in this world are Prince Charmings in disguise. Most are simply toads, and they are going to stay that way. Toads don't make laws or change any basic structures, but one or two rooty insights can work powerful changes in the way they get through life. A toad who believes he got a raw deal befor...more »

*"**David Stockman: **Fiscal Bloodbath Coming This August- November”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Sky high stock and bond prices have former Reagan Administration White House Budget Director David Stockman worried because we are on our way to a big financial crash. Stockman explains, “Yes, absolutely. The market is insanely valued right now. They were trying to tag, the robo machines and day traders, they were trying to tag 2,400 on the S&P 500. They ended up at 2,399, I think, but the point is that represents about 25 times trailing earnings for 2016. We are at a point in the...more »

This is the adorable moment a cheeky bear cub poked its head around a tree - as if to say 'look at me!' - as it practised climbing with its sibling and mum. Eager to show off their new skills, the cute cubs tentatively made their way up the tree in a secluded forest in northern Finland. Their mum kept a close watch and gave them an encouraging nudge after they stopped just a few feet off the forest's floor. Bjorksten, 33, said: 'There were two or three cubs - they were with their mum, practising climbing. The cubs looked really happy that they had finally mastered it.' He said...more »

[image: new-yorker-secret-cabal-of-congressmen-plotting-to-remove-president] Writing for *The New Yorker*, Evan Osnos reports that “Trump’s critics are actively exploring the path to impeachment or the invocation of the Twenty-fifth Amendment, which allows for the replacement of a President who is judged to be mentally unfit.”

[image: meddling-in-medicine-100-years-of-federal-healthcare-control] By passing the latest effort at government-managed healthcare, the House of Representatives demonstrates the century-old fascination with seeking social justice.

Jerome was known for its hospitality during the gold rush. Jerome, Arizona was an old mining boom town. Today it's a tourist trap (a very small version of Virginia City, NV). As with Virginia City, they are still pulling gold out of local mines. The city is built on the side of a mountain and when you visit, plan on climbing up and down in order to see everything that the place has to offer. "Tourist trap" notwithstanding, there is a lot of history still present when you walk the narrow streets (with the working mines in background), looking through the clear air all the way to Sedo...more »

First an announcement: Wednesday, May 10th I'll speak at the “Digital Revolution,” a free public forum that the Union-Tribune will hold at the University of San Diego’s Kroc Theater. It starts at 6:30 p.m. All you have to do is register online at uniontribune.com/future." *== More than we are? ==* Elon Musk is backing a brain-computer interface venture that was founded to allow humans to keep up with the advancements made in machines. The interface is intended to work by augmenting that which makes us human: our brains. I've written extensively, in both science and fiction, about t...more »

Right now, I believe that my statement that the "Macron defeat wasn't very unlikely" was incorrect, after all. It's still being predicted, based on partial results, that he will score a 65-to-35 victory over Le Pen. If something changes dramatically, I will revise or delete this blog post. But the data available now do indicate that some 3-sigma fluke was needed so the probability of a Macron victory was close to 99.7% and the bookmakers have overstated the chances of a surprising result. I hope that Tom Vonk has kept his bet and won some modest interest. On the other hand, my condo...more »

[image: 1 BREAKING_THEDURAN] Marine Le Pen has conceded defeat and congratulated Emmanuel Macron who has won with about 62% of all votes. The post BREAKING: Emmanuel Macron elected President of France appeared first on The Duran.

SHOOTING UP Posted on May 7, 2017 Please post & distribute. MNN. May 7, 2017. US President Trump appears to be strung out and needs to calm himself down. Otherwise he might kill someone or injure himself. HOOKING & CRAVING STRATEGY. Looks like this leader of the “free world” has bitten off more thank he can chew. It’s a “who is the biggest eater” contest to get high. It’s all

On the Andrew Marr Show, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell laid out the bottom line in front of millions. A bottom line that the Conservative machine wants the electoral narrative to stay well away from: Anyone earning below £80,000, we’ll be guaranteeing you will not have an increase in income tax or VAT, or national insurance […] The post John McDonnell parades a promise the Tory machine hopes to bury, in front of millions [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canary.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt appeared on The Andrew Marr Show on 7 May. And he used a common Tory trope to persuade viewers that the NHS is better off in his party’s hands. But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn crushed that argument in 10 seconds flat. And in doing so he raised what many see as […] The post In 10 seconds, Corbyn exposes the major NHS disgrace that Andrew Marr ‘forgot’ to mention [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canary.

The media is pretending all is well upon the release of the Sunday Times Rich List. But the ‘billionaire boom’ is nothing short of a scandal for Theresa May. Jaw dropping May’s election campaign is centred on delivering Brexit for all British people. Yet the UK’s richest 1,000 families have increased their wealth by 14% […] The post An absolute scandal just hit Theresa May’s campaign, and the media is pretending nothing’s up appeared first on The Canary.

Nice try Vlad. Courtesy of the Daily Beast: *In the last hours before midnight on Friday, just before a campaigning blackout imposed by French electoral law in anticipation of the crucial vote on Sunday, somebody dumped nine gigabytes of emails and documents supposedly purloined from the campaign of leading presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron. * *It looked like, and almost certainly was, a last-minute bid to tip the scales in favor of the centrist Macron’s opponent, the nativist, populist Marine Le Pen, who has received more-than-tacit endorsements from Russian President Vlad...more »

The Greek army, police and justice officials should stand up against Alexis Tsipras, Jared Kushner and the operatives at Larisa court and police who are protecting George Soros, caught red handed trying to start false flag epidemics. The Larisa clergy, police and justice officials are not patriots. They are proven criminals, dangerous for Greece and […]

*MY BLOG UNDER CONSTANT CYBER ATTACK SINCE TRUMP BECAME PRESIDENT Well, George Soros and his puppets in Greece moved immediately to silence me by imprisoning me under false pretext after I posted an article suggesting Jared Kushner had links to Russia. In the meantime, it seems Kushner has financial ties to both Soros and Russian […]

* This is my article in BusinessWorld last April 28, 2017. High economic growth means high energy demand coming from stable supply and competitively priced energy, not unstable, intermittent, and expensive energy. This is what the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies need as their high GDP growth of 4.7% in 2016 is projected to improve to 4.8% this year and 5% in 2018 (ADB data), much faster than the projected growth of other regions and economic blocs. One week before the ASEAN 50th Summit Meeting, the 7th Annual Meeting of the Nuclear Energy Cooperation Sub-Se...more »

May tupak talaga ito. See his language: *“And here’s the shocker: I will kill you. I will really kill you. And that’s why the rapporteur of the UN is here, investigating extrajudicial killing,”* Duterte said, referring to drug dealers as he was addressing an orthopedic conference in Davao City, as cited by The Philippine Star. *“I told them that once you get involved in drugs I will kill you. I will ambush you, poison you, bomb you, whatever. Steal your wife from you,”* the Philippines leader added. – May 6, 2017, https://www.rt.com/news/387205-duterte-un-killings-complaint/ Those ...more »

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:30 P.M.) – ISIS militants have established a last stand around a pocket northeast of Tabqa city, fighting to the last breath against the predominately Kurdish ‘Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF). Skirmishes have been ongoing since Saturday evening with fighting persisting at the northern suburbs of Hay Awwal, Tani and Hay Salis on the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:15 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside the National Defense Forces (NDF), continued their wide-scale offensive in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate, today, targeting the territory near the Shumriyah Mountains. Led by their 5th Legion, the Syrian Arab Army liberated the large hilltop of Tal Al-Madraj after a fierce […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

(TASS) Armenia will deliver, in the near future, the third batch of humanitarian aid to the Syrians affected by hostilities, Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian said in an interview with the Russian Mir channel. “Now that the Syrians are in need, without hesitation we have rushed to join efforts with the Russian Federation. We are grateful […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:40 P.M.) – Two Kurdish fighters were killed after a member of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) detonated explosives on his persons in the Kurdish K-1 airbase on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Sunday. Five IS militants reportedly launched the attack on the base. Four of the militants were killed on the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

*Geoffrey Ingersoll* *Security, Asia* Kim Hak-song, a professor working at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, was detained Saturday, according to reports from North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency. North Korea has arrested another U.S. citizen for alleged anti-state crimes. Kim Hak-song, a professor working at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, was detained Saturday, according to reports from North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency. Kim was reportedly detained for “hostile acts” against the reclusive regime. North Korea is curren...more »

*ISIS (above) is linked to Indonesia's FPI (above) which is linked to the Indonesian military (TNI) which is linked to the Pentagon.* ISIS is linked to Indonesia's* Islamic Defenders Front* (FPI). Indonesia's Secretary of Defense, Ryamizard Ryacudu, has said that all members of the *Islamic Defenders Front* (FPI) may participate in defense exercises organized by the Indonesian military (TNI). Menhan Sebut Jangankan FPI, ISIS In the days before the Bali bombings, one of the generals who just happened to be in Bali was General Ryamizard Ryacudu. (Jakarta Post, 1/3/2003; Pacific Med...more »

One of last week's media themes was that the Obamacare repeal Ryan and Trump finally forced through the House will cost the Republicans control of Congress. We must have written a dozen posts along those lines since Wednesday-- and everyone else has been too. Alex Isenstadt had a good one in *Politico* over the weekend about how the midterms are all scrambled now, "jeopardizing Republican lawmakers across the country and potentially endangering the party’s longstanding grip on the chamber. More than a dozen senior Republican strategists, lawmakers, and potential candidates express... more »

Courtesy of Idaho Statesman: *A statement made by U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador during a town hall meeting Friday morning has drawn criticism by those challenging his stance on health care. * *After a woman suggested that the lack of health care was essentially asking people to die, Labrador had a controversial answer at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston. * *“That line is so indefensible,” Labrador said. “Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care.” * I have to admit that when I first heard about this statement I thought it might be an exaggeration or the product of...more »

Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola welcomed Max Blumenthal, journalist, senior editor of AlterNet’s Grayzone Project, and author of The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza. Blumenthal has appeared on the show before, but this time he was our guest because multiple listeners requested an episode featuring him. The post Interview With Max Blumenthal: The Left’s Failure To Confront Root Of Syrian Conflict appeared first on Shadowproof.

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